Improvement in landaulet-carriage fronts



. E. WELLS.

Landaulette Ca rriage Fronts.

No. 133,910, Patented Dec.1'0,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD WELLS, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANDAULET CARRIAGE FRONTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,910, dated December 10, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WELLS, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Landaulet Carriage; and do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying in g the sash 5 and in Fig. 4, the sash detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of carriages known as landaulets n the object being the construction of the front so that the sides may be readilyopened and it consists in the arrangement of the sash upon opposite sides in channels, so that the forward edge of either may be turned into a channel in the front, and the two side sashes turned into their respective channels in the front, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the sill; B, the door-post; C, the top D, the front post of a landaulet front, constructed so as to be placed upon or taken from the front in the usual manner. The front or space between the two posts D D is filled by a sash, E; the sides, respectively, by a sash,- F H. 0n the sill A at the sides a channel, a, is formed, and on the front sill two channels, I) d, are formed, ,both communicating with the side channels. The sash is constructed with a stud or pivot, f, at the bottom, as seen in Fig. 4 3 these studs, setting into the channel, support the sash, a similar arrangement being made at the top..

Vhen closed the sash stands in the position I seen in Fig. 2.

To open the side sash, draw in the forward edge, the 'stud upon that edge passing into one of the channels in front, as seen in Fig. 3, the stud upon the front edge following in the channel upon the side, until the sashes are drawn around into their respective channels, one behind the other, as seen in Fig. 3, or into proper position, which opensboth sides of that part of the carriage; and the sashes may be closed by simply drawing the sash back to its first position, it being readily guided into such position by the channels. Thus either or both channels may be opened or closed at pleasure, andmay be prevented from rattling by any of the known devices for that purpose.

I have represented and prefer channels for the sash to work in but a track may be arranged corresponding to the said channels to answer for the same purpose.

I claim as my invention- In a landaulet-carriage front, the arrange- Witnesses A. J. TIBBITS, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

